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It’s not easy living next to someone who is clearly going through some kind of mental problem.

Their behavior is unpredictable and erratic, and you never really know what to expect or what’s coming next.

And the person who wrote this story really has their hands full.

Check out what they had to say about a neighbor who probably needs some professional help.

Mentally ill neighbor cutting down plants, branches on our property.

“My next door neighbor is legitimately mentally ill.

She is known throughout the neighborhood for being out in her yard all day and at various hours of the night, doing things like picking up leaves one by one, peeling the bark off her willow tree with a hatchet, and one memorable time, falling off her roof because she was mopping it.

Yowza…

She does all of this while growling/grunting to herself and swearing.

She and I have had words in the past because I don’t care what she does on her own property, but I caught her multiple times dumping snow, leaves, and other random items over the fence onto our property.

I asked her to stop politely the first two times, and less politely the third, after which she growled at me and said we were the “worst neighbors ever,” which honestly just made me laugh. But after that, no issues for like a year.

Here we go…

Now suddenly this summer her issues seem to have worsened.

Last night I was putting my son to bed and I could hear her outside his window (between our houses), swearing/growling and it sounded like she was chopping and digging.

My son is terrified of her, so I spent a good amount of time trying to reassure him that she was probably just doing some work on the side of her house (in the dark, as one does)!

This is pretty disturbing…

When I woke up this morning, I found a gigantic pile of branches and plants from the side of our house (definitely on our property). She had been chopping at them in the night and just left them in a pile on our front lawn.

What should I do about this?

A lot of what she chopped did need to be trimmed up, admittedly, but I am absolutely not ok with her taking this into her own hands. I have her phone number, so I could text her if I want (uncomfortable with an in-person chat at this point).”

Reddit users spoke up.

This person offered some advice.

Another reader weighed in.

This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

Another individual weighed in.

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And this person offered some tips.

This is too much!

And it’s clear that something serious is going on with this woman.

What a sad story…

He might need to get the authorities involved if his neighbor keeps this up…